The thorns are thick for so small a prize Though worthless, my heart is precious in your eyes In reality, it is coal that you will find Foolish you are, …
Creative Writing
Define Exquisite.
“Extremely beautiful, and, typically, delicate.” My grandmother’s porcelain vase sits in its glass case, spiraling and intertwining blue and green vines tumbling over each other and entwining themselves in such …
The Rose
The day of my death has come upon me, your carnal wrath disfigures my beauty as you lust for my pain. She loves me, she loves me not. Being torn …
Disenchantment
Etch in me the feathers that fall Like leaves from a tree and down with it all When rosebuds cake from the caverns of my throat And well up in …
Small Town
I’ve never liked small towns. Both the thought of them and their size always deterred me from ever considering moving into one. In such a small place, everybody would know …
Isn’t It?
The day felt too long for my own liking, but a rare night’s fog never fails to fill my cup. The air was distinctly pungent with the smell of December—crisp …
Changes
She used to love running around the neighborhood or riding bicycles with her friend across the street. She used to smile with her missing bottom teeth when Mom made frozen …
In Search of a Secret
There were two key traits that brought Peter to the abandoned house on that June afternoon: curiosity and distractibility. He had been driving through his old hometown on a visit …
Melancholy Memories
Love unfeigned, Love eternal, Love consuming, Which begins to rot from within the apple’s core And splinters even one’s sturdiest roots It makes me confuse what most see as revolutionary …
Memories
A memory: such a simple concept yet so abstract as well. What are memories? A portal to the past? A door to the long forgotten? A glimpse at what was …